US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Afghanistan Wednesday to attend the swearing-in ceremonies of reelected Afghan President Hamid Karzai as the US prepares to send more troops to the troubled country to fight its war on insurgency.

The war in Afghanistan is in its eighth year and has costed hundreds of billions of dollars but now Democratic lawmakers want a new surtax to pay for the war.

The number of portable robots deployed in Afghanistan is set to increase with the British Ministry of Defence ordering devices that can operate in caves, courtyards and which can help dismantle Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

The location of a secret site allegedly used by the CIA to interrogate suspects has been revealed near the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. The site is reportedly one of eight such secret centres around the world.

Canada will play host to the world's most powerful military figures this weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They will discuss global security, nuclear weapons and foreign policy.

The accusation of Canadian complicity in the torture of Afghan detainees who had been turned over to Afghan authorities is not new.

A former Canadian diplomat, Richard Colvin, who worked in Afghanistan, told a House of Commons Committee on Wednesday that most Afghan prisoners captured by Canadian soldiers fighting the Taliban were tortured by Afghan intelligence services.

On Tuesday, Bill O'Reilly sat down with Judge Andrew Napolitano to discuss the recent decision by the US to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on US soil, while telling Napolitano that he doesn't care about the Constitution.

Suicides among U.S. soldiers this year topped last year's record-breaking numbers. The majority are killing themselves while still on duty, the rest before leaving home, or after coming home.

New Zealand, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland are among the top five least corrupt nations, according to a new survey released by Transparency International. Canada is in the top ten. Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan are the most corrupt.